Demyansk (Russian: Демя́нск) is an urban-type settlement in the southern part of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, administrative centre of Demyansky District. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Urban-type settlement (посёлок городско́го ти́па posyolok gorodskogo tipa; селище міського типу selyshche mis'koho typu; Novgorod Oblast (Новгоро́дская о́бласть Novgorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending It is located along the Yavon River. Population: 5,825 (2002 Census). Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried
It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1406. The settlement was a place for the Battle of Demyansk during World War II in 1942. Demyansk Pocket ( German: Festung Demjansk or Kessel von Demjansk; Демя́нский котёл is a name for the encirclement of German troops World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including